Europe Stats

These counts may not be 100% accurate but, I’ll give it a go:

-12 airports

-16 flights

-8 airport security checks (there was a surprise check at the Oslo airport during a connection where I had to throw away another water bottle)

-6 cruise ships security checks

-6 “fun drinks” on the cruise (mocktails/shakes). Thanks, Cheryl and Rick!

-A lot of chocolate and water bottles

-7 currencies

-10 languages spoken (at least one word) – and I’m counting the British form of English as its own language

-3 times where I felt lost

-4 shuttles

-0 times in the pool on the cruise (yes, I’m that boring)

-2 cruise shows (Sophisticats all the way!)

-5 airlines

-7 taxis

-4 hotels (counting Airbnb apartment here)

-4 scoops of gelato

-4 meals involving pizza

>10 trips to the buffet

-1^st time boarding at the back of the plane

-1^st time on an airport bus

-1^st time eating  fish n’ chips

-2x ordering from the kids menu

-a few games of Hand and Foot

-5 subway rides

-2 trips on a water taxi

-numerous languages heard

-0 Turkish rugs bought

-5 or 6 times offered a Turkish rug

-2 dolphins

-a school of flying fish

-6 beds

-1 time being yelled at by an angry Italian lady (we never did figure out what she was so upset about)

>1800 pictures taken

Favorite foods:

-Swedish meatballs

-Kompressors

-Gyros

-Pastries

-Fish n’ chips

-Farm breakfast in England

-Anything Cheryl made (I can’t remember the name of that yummy dinner!)